Depeche Mode have never got over their teenage awkwardness with each other. We're still like that. Mates but not mates. That awkwardness is there, only now we have families and kids.
Dave Gahan
Related Humans mate with beings who challenge their supremacy. They have conflict between mates, not because... ORSON SCOTT CARD We may not have soul mates in this life, but most of us have my-God-if-I-don't-walk-through-the-rest... TSH OXENREIDER It's like there's some unwritten rule that if you're mates, you can say what you want to... KARL PILKINGTON I'm concerned that we're sending these military men... facing an infectious disease that cou... JEFF DUNCAN We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was... VICTORIA BECKHAM I don't have a bunch of mates. I don't have a man cave. My wife and I, we are each other'... CORBIN BERNSEN We were great mates. We didn't really go out together because we never really had the time to go... DANNII MINOGUE Edward Heath and Richard Nixon took personal awkwardness with each other to new and excruciating lev... DAVID CAMERON Making a record with 'Depeche Mode' is not a simple process. It's quite complicated and ... DAVE GAHAN One lesson we learn early, that in spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. We readi... RALPH WALDO EMERSON We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO I feel like I'm missing my other half. We were soul mates. It's just not fair. CRAIG ROTHWELL There is a special bond between twin soul mates--unconditional love, respect for each other, bringin... METTRIE L. If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other l... SPIKE LEE Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness. RUTA SEPETYS Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates. XAVIER NIEL Couples without kids have each other, their friends, families, and Siri to talk to. It's not lik... JEN KIRKMAN I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way... SEAN BEAN I remember that game like it was yesterday, ... That S.O.B beat us but Dave and I have been big fans... CALVIN MURPHY It seems like we have been looking at different combinations of kids. We're still not settled. The k... BEN QUINBY The biggest problem we have (in zoos) everywhere is the males kill the females. What is it that make... JOGAYLE HOWARD Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been ... MARC JACOBS A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates. IMELDA STAUNTON We lived together as kids, and now we're taking care of each other as men. AARON NEVILLE Now we have one chance in some case, as in this body but in other body we will have + one because we... DEYTH BANGER My forte is awkwardness. ZACH GALIFIANAKIS I have the utmost respect for synthesizers - Soft Cell, early Depeche Mode. But that's become a ... ARIEL RECHTSHAID My first boyfriend was a surfer. We bonded over loving the sun, Depeche Mode, and The Cure. JULIETTE LEWIS I would rather be having a burger and beers with my mates but I can't do that when I know I'... MICHAEL FLATLEY I realized it was like a dating agency: the ions are the lost souls looking for mates; the electroly... VICTORIA FINLAY I really like lads and grew up with two brothers and all of their mates. I'm also close to sever... KATHERINE KELLY Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN We're all different. That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on wit... CARRIE UNDERWOOD The men and women in the Armed Forces, that's what I always think about and what I teach my kids... GUY FIERI If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other l... SPIKE LEE If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other l... SPIKE LEE Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stag... NORAH JONES If you don't have anything nice to say... dead silence creates a lot awkwardness. JEFF RICH Normally, we're never satisfied. CRAIG GROESCHEL My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like... MICHAEL CAINE Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That... ASHLEY OLSEN We train always on the knife edge with a lot of emotion, but I explained to Ruud that it is importan... MARCO VAN BASTEN Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. JOSEPH ADDISON We're only here to love God and each other. I'm not saying I've never gotten angry at an... BARBARA MANDRELL My oldest son always wants to race. He's kind of like me and it now has carried over to the othe... STEVE BLAKE I would rather be having a burger and beers with my mates but I can't do that when I know I've got t... MICHAEL FLATLEY I think it's important to have scaling challenge because there are players who I feel play '... MARC LAIDLAW In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids' needs haven't changed. Th... BEVERLY CLEARY There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is o... OSCAR WILDE It's much better when I go out with my mates and we stop talking about me like I'm some sort of egom... DIDO We only have one senior this year too, so we?re still kind of young. But now we have players with a ... PAUL DESTEFANO I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept ... JANE AUSTEN People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's bec... ADRIAN EDMONDSON What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other.... DAVID O. RUSSELL The season is not over. We still have eight games. It seems like we keep saying that after each loss... DEDRICK FINN There are Depeche Mode parties around the world where people listen to our music all night long. The... MARTIN GORE You see, I am not very good in company. I am clumsy. I am shy. [...] I always say the wrong thing. I... AGATHA CHRISTIE I have an amazing spouse; we're a team. He works, and I work, and we sort of do this dance with ... SARAH RAFFERTY Thanks to them [the wicket takers] and my other team-mates for their efforts in getting to the final... SOURAV GANGULY And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined to create ... SHELLEY DUVALL I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary pe... GEORGE TSARGAS "NOW THAT IT'S OVER" There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm ... HEATH LEDGER Our lives!!! We have just all of a sudden discovered that here we are with something called life see... SUNDAY ADELAJA A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're a... FRANS LANTING Awkwardness is such a gold mine for comedy. PAUL RUDD Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would... AMY KLOBUCHAR I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept ... JANE AUSTEN I still find trusting people quite hard. I've got a couple of mates that I do let in, but that's it.... ROBBIE WILLIAMS We have great seniors. And had a lot of support from their families. We traveled all over Colorado a... ERIC HOTZ I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget d... JENNIFER GRANHOLM It's important not to ditch your mates when you're in a relationship. Lots of girls do it, b... RACHEL BILSON The only thing I have room for in this head of mine right now is the firm belief that fate absolutel... COLLEEN HOOVER It is definitely annoying that straight (and white, for that matter) is the default, and that the on... BECKY ALBERTALLI Everyone has done it without being critical of the club, their team-mates or myself so I've not got ... GORDON STRACHAN We're getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there's people that ... GUY FIERI Soundgarden was incredibly democratic, and I was really proud of that. I felt like we got along bett... CHRIS CORNELL It's the imperfections that make things beautiful JENNY HAN I usually only go to the theatre if I've got mates in it, and it's usually crap. I have told Sam [M... JANE HORROCKS And Warner Bros. seems to be pretty much into re-releasing all of their catalog. So there's the ... JERRY GARCIA Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formati... QUENTIN BRYCE I don't have 'The Jerry Springer Show'. I just got 'Family Feud', but some of th... STEVE HARVEY To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwar... UNKNOWN Well, right now we're so busy that I kind of had to put all the hobbies on hold. But I like goin... MARK KELLY Soul mates don’t finally meet somewhere at a certain place at a certain time, they’re in each ot... T.L. SWAN I have been thinking a lot about what we see in villains, how we relate to villains, and what it is ... FINN WITTROCK It's only awkward if it matters. JOYCE RACHELLE We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we h... HENRY DAVID THOREAU We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we hav... HENRY DAVID THOREAU Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides. SCOTT BAKULA I like playing sport. I'm a bit of a design enthusiast, and like spending time with my girlfrien... NICK D'ALOISIO It's about getting to know your new team-mates. The more we get to know each other's game, the bette... JERMAINE JENAS I have friends that I have made through Twitter or things like that, but they're all verified as... KATIE FEATHERSTON I haven't changed a bit. I go out with my mates, but I probably have to watch what I do a little... TRAVIS FIMMEL I think we are both still learning off of each other so much. It's nice to have a teammate that's yo... BRIAN FRISSELLE There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records. MARTIN GORE I think I had some troubles in the past just because (we) were friends, Fed Cup team-mates, just kno... MARY PIERCE We each have a self, but I don't think that we're born with one. You know how newborn babies... THANDIE NEWTON It just blossomed from there, ... He worked with my son with basketball. I ask about his kids and hi... CHRIS BYRD
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